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Support RGISC's New Home

For more than 30 years, RGISC has worked to protect the river, greenspaces, and Laredo’s future.
Now, we must vacate our office space at Laredo College and need your help to find a new home.
This will allow us to continue to raise awareness, inspire hope, and take meaningful actions to protect our environment.

Click below to support this new chapter of our work.

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A Message From Our Leadership

Hear from two RGISC Board members on the critical role that RGISC plays in our community.
Your support matters to us.

Why Your Support Matters to Us

Our Impact and Why New Space Matters
Our dynamic programs require space for staff, interns and volunteers; equipment and educational materials; and meetings and collaboration. We are working on groundbreaking climate initiatives focused on water security, river restoration, air quality, neighborhood engagement, and binational collaboration. We do this work through science, advocacy, outreach, and education.
Agua / River
•  Wastewater reclamation study
• Aquifer storage & recovery study
• Monthly river monitoring
Aire / Air
• PM2.5 Hyperlocal Air Sensors Network
• Phase 1: 19 sites (PM2.5)
Phase 2: 39 new sites (PM2.5 & black carbon)
Binational Air Council
Ethylene oxide (EtO)
• Methane flaring
tierra / Land
• Schoolyard forest with 8 LISD campuses
• Las Palmas Nature Trail restoration
• Tree equity study
Youth Community / Comunidad Juvenil
• Hikes, Paddles, Cleanups
• Youth Adventure Camps
• CompARTE 11 neighborhood program
• Art contests, films, platicas, workshops
• Binational Riverfront
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Our Work in Action

See why a new home matters — it keeps this work alive.

Our Community Impact & Key Achievements

✔  Founded the Lamar Bruni Vergara Environmental Science Center

✔  Built Paso del Indio Nature Trail

✔  Helped write key City environmental ordinances:
• HAZMAT
• Illegal Dumping
• Green Spaces Preservation
• Single Use Plastic Bag ban

✔  Launched river monitoring at multiple sites (monthly)

✔  Commissioned nearly 10 large-scale public art murals
✔  7-week fenceline air monitoring around Midwest Sterilization Corp. (EtO emissions)

✔  Annual basin-wide binational student water testing project

✔  Annual Birds of the Brush Art Contest

✔  Annual Climate Cohort (college students)

✔  Annual Signature Events (Dia del Rio, Loving Laredo Hikes, Loving Laredo Paddles, etc.)

✔  Expanded and co-led 13 years of the Laredo Birding Festival

✔  Mobilized to halt border wall construction in 2019-2020
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Your generosity fuels this mission.

Help us create a home where environmental action, education, and community impact can continue to grow.
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Why Your Support Matters to Us

Our dynamic programs require space for staff, interns and volunteers; equipment and educational materials; and meetings and collaboration.

We are working on groundbreaking climate initiatives focused on water security, river restoration, air quality, neighborhood engagement, and binational collaboration.

We do this work through science, advocacy, outreach, and education.

Thank you for supporting us in this new chapter of growth.

DONATE NOW!

What We’re Fighting For

Hear from the people who call the Rio Grande home — where families, culture, and nature thrive together.

Support RGISC's New Home

Donate today and help us secure our permanent home. Share our mission and help grow community support. Together, we can build a stronger RGISC.

Every gift brings us closer to securing our new home.
RGISC, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law. No goods or services were provided in exchange for this gift.

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